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Post by The God of Haiku on Apr 29, 2006 3:53:31 GMT -5
I know this post is a little late, but here it goes anyway:
Oi. What a name change. It looks really cool but it's damn awkward to say and the sound doesn't even exist in a number of languages, including Japanese. What the fsck?
Oh well. It's just a name and the shock value alone pretty much means Nintendo is set. People will get over the awkwardness and the puns will spread like wildfire, but it's not like it's the first console to present pun potential in its name (GayStation, anyone?).
Personally, I think they should have stuck with "Revolution," but that's just my opinion. And that of just about everyone else. "Revolution" was a cool and catchy name. "Wii" just looks cool. The reasons Nintendo gave for the name do make sense, though, so I won't argue with it.
Anyway, comments, anyone?
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Post by Latios XT on Apr 29, 2006 15:59:50 GMT -5
Although I personally find Revolution better, the way most of the internet society has reacted to this sickens me. All I hear is constant jokes about pissing.
People need to grow up. Not buying a product because of its name is the poorest excuse I can think of.
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Post by Anti-Sheepskin on May 1, 2006 19:47:11 GMT -5
It's funny, because they're paying these advertising specialists thousands of dollars in Japan to come up with concepts for the name and all of that other bullshit, and they churn out "Wii".
And doesn't a pun have to be an actual word. You can't just roll in with GayStation, considering there's no such thing as a GayStation. So it's not a pun.
Terminology is the fscking shit-king.
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Post by Renown on May 7, 2006 0:04:21 GMT -5
I should put this in it's own seperate thread, but no (I'm lazy) I read somewhere Nintendo is aiming for an October 27th release date for the Wii. I believe it's only a rumor, however I'm pretty positive that most of the "gaming" community could care less when the Wii launches (That sounds funny).
I hate to do this, but I must because it's neccesary. For all of you Sony fanboys out there that say "OMFG the PS3 will pwn the Wii and 360." You must remember, if it weren't for Nintendo, you wouldn't be saying that...because well, the Playstation wouldn't exist.
...Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
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